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35 Prospect Hill Road, Camberwell, is listed for $15 million to $16 million and could beat the suburban record by $4 million.
Melbourne’s house price benchmarks have been smashed amid a flurry of big spring sales, with Camberwell homes priced between $15 million and $16 million hitting record prices.
A landmark property owned by business magnate David Crawford could fetch $4 million more than the suburb’s most expensive current address.
The listing comes amid growing calls for benchmark-shattering big-ticket deals around Melbourne this spring, including Williamstown’s more than $8 million deal for Western Bulldogs great Chris Grant.
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The property at 35 Prospect Hill Road, Camberwell, which is due to go on the market next week, has been owned by Mr Crawford and his wife Maureen, whose name is on the title, for more than 30 years.
The Melbourne businessman has chaired the boards of companies including Foster’s Group, Lendlease, National Foods and KPMG. He also served on the boards of BHP and Westpac, and was also treasurer and vice-chairman of the Melbourne Cricket Club.
The Crawford family’s 1873 Georgian mansion is thought to be one of the largest homes in the wealthy suburb. In addition to many bedrooms, bathrooms and living areas, there is also a basement where boxing matches were once held.
This stately home was built in the 1870s in a stately Georgian style.
This expansive property is believed to be one of the largest in the suburb.
Scott Patterson, executive director of Kaye & Barton, is handling the sale, who declined to say who the seller is, but the home is expected to sell for $15 million to $16 million. He said it would be up to $4 million more than the record price.
The luxury home at 2 Waterloo Street set its current $12 million benchmark in 2017.
Mr. Patterson said that even though the house is on one of the suburb’s largest and most prominent estates, it is only in the He said the only people who participated in charity work or open garden events at home were those who attended.
“It’s almost a mystical house. You can’t see anything from the street, but when you step into the driveway, you take 10 or 15 steps and the house appears out of all the azaleas and botanical gardens around you,” he said. Told.
“Underneath there is a bluestone cellar and storeroom, and there were once several boxing rings with ropes attached, so it appears that boxing matches were held on the premises.
“It will be interesting to see who fights to take home the home.”
Patterson said expatriates returning from Europe and the US, as well as local residents who have had their eye on the home for decades, will be among those to make offers before the sale closes on November 14. Ta.
The house’s impressive grounds have been included in open garden programs in the past.
The back of the house has a pool and lots of entertaining space.
They weren’t the only team to make a record-breaking offer this spring, with former Bulldog Chris Grant selling his Williamstown home for more than $8 million last month, setting a new standard for the suburb.
A house in Murrumbeena Road, Murrumbeena, also set a new high for the suburb at $3.8 million through Gary Peer’s Christian de Freche, while Jesse Raeburn of White Fox sold 25 Neville Street for $3.77 million. Bently East price record set in dollars.
And at Gladstone Park, Ray White’s Philip Mercieca became the suburb’s first horse to sell for more than $1 million with a 14-horse auction of Berkeley Crows.
More records could be set this spring, with former mayor Gary Singer buying a mansion at 51 Gray Street in St Kilda for $11 million to $12 million in a benchmark-setting $10.45 million deal. I am aiming to sell it.
And in the Victorian border, a luxury $5 million Goffs Bay property could nearly double the regional city’s current record of $2.65 million, according to CoreLogic.
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